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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Resources</span><span class="f_BodyText"> window displays a tree of Model Elements, Scripts, Documents, UML Profiles and Patterns, and Matrix profiles. This view provides useful shortcuts and re-use functions that you can use to add stock elements to the current model, patterns and elements for additional information.</span></p>
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<td width="952" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:952px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">In the Corporate, Business and Software Engineering, Systems Engineering and Ultimate editions of Enterprise Architect, if security is enabled you must have </span><span class="f_TiporNoteText" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="permissionlist.htm">Configure Resources</a></span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> permission to maintain </span><span class="f_UIControl">Resources</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> window items.</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField"><a href="mdgtechnologies.htm">MDG Technologies</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">, </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField"><a href="umlprofiles.htm">UML Profiles</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> and </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField"><a href="umlpatterns.htm">UML Patterns</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> provide a convenient way to insert complex new elements and features without having to retype or reconfigure each element</span></li>
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<td width="955" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:955px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">From release 7.5 of Enterprise Architect, the method of importing MDG Technologies into the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Resources</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> window is available but not recommended. However, you might previously have imported Technologies into the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Resources</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> window, and these are still available until you specifically delete them (right-click on the Technology and select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Delete Technology</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> context menu option).</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField"><a href="documentingprojects.htm">Documents</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> provides a shortcut to the RTF documentation functions</span></li>
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<td width="935" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:935px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">To add a document to the shortcut list, select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Project | Documentation | Rich Text Format (RTF) Report</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> menu option. Once you have defined your document click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Resource Document</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> button and type in a name. The document name then displays in the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Resources</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> window. By <a href="resource_documents.htm">right-clicking on the document name</a> you can regenerate documents individually or as a batch, or open them directly from Enterprise Architect.</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField"><a href="elementrelationshipmatrix.htm">Matrix Profiles</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> provides quick access to saved </span><span class="f_UIControl">Relationship Matrix</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> profiles; double-click on a profile to load the matrix with the saved settings and source-target packages</span></li>
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<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Stylesheets</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> enables you to import XSL Style sheets, which are then available in the drop-down list on the </span><span class="f_UIControl">XML Export</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> dialog.</span></li>
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<td width="935" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:935px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">If you select a style sheet on export, Enterprise Architect applies that style sheet to the XMI generated before saving to file. This makes it convenient to generate other forms of output from the base XMI content. Combined with UML Profiles, this is a powerful means of extending Enterprise Architect to generate almost any content required.</span></p>
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